Forward Deployed Accountant

About the role

LiveFlow combines AI and automation with hands-on accounting experts to run month-end close, reconciliations and reporting for multi-location businesses, especially restaurant and hospitality groups. It is looking for a Forward Deployed Accountant / Controller to work directly with its customers and help shape the product. The role involves running close for restaurant and hospitality customers end-to-end and travelling to their offices to work in person.

Key responsibilities

• Run close for restaurant and hospitality customers end-to-end: daily entries, weekly reconciliations, period close and reporting.
• Travel to customers' offices to work with them in person and become embedded in their workflows.
• Turn broken workflows into product improvements.

Required profile

• Qualified accountant (CPA, ACA, ACCA); an FP&A background is a plus.
• Has run a month-end close from start to finish, ideally for a multi-entity company; hospitality, restaurants or other multi-location operators are a plus.
• Hands-on, meticulous and thorough, enjoys reconciling to the cent from original sources.
• Comfortable working on the ground with customers, asking probing questions and building trust with CFOs, business owners and general managers.
• Track record of driving projects end-to-end.

Required skills

• Accounting and month-end close
• Reconciliations
• FP&A (a plus)